NOBODY on Earth Has EVER Been Able to REPLICATE Iconic GUITAR Sound on 70s Classic-Professor of Rock
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I’m really excited to bring you a special edition of our series Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs and albums. We’ve hit a million subs and in celebration of that we are going to be featuring some very special episodes over the next month or so starting with this one. WE really appreciate all of the support though the years so we are going get the story of what I believe is the greatest bottled lightning hit of them all.. the greatest one hit wonder in the history of music. This episode is a hybrid of revelations and bottled lightning… I told the story years ago and it became our first video to hit a million views. but I always wanted to track down the artist who wrote and sang it. so for about 7 years I tried to track him down but I came up empty every time, then I was touring with Kenny Loggins doing a live story and song even in San Franciso and I heard a yell from the side of the stage after the show was over and it walked right smack dab into Norman Greenbaum and so this interview has been a long time coming, I’m finally getting the story of SPIRIT in the Sky from the man who created it and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s such a compelling story and the get all new details from Norman So let’s get into it.
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Here’s Norman with the story.
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All Comments (21)
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Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST GUITAR SONG of the ROCK ERA?
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My mother casually mentioned to me (age 15) back in 1970 that she would like to have this song played at her funeral service... 2016 and her request was honored Love you mom
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The fact that Norman Greenbaum watches Professor of Rock on YouTube and knew who Adam is was awesome. You, Adam, were looking all over for him and here he is seeing you with Kenny Loggins and he comes up to you... that's fate. That's proof this interview was meant to be.
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My husband loved this song. He told me almost jokingly that he wanted it played at his funeral. He died in an accident in 2001. I made sure that this song was played at the very end of the service as the pallbearers carried him out. Everyone was on their feet, clapping to the beat. We rocked it out! It was awesome!
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My uncle died back in December and he requested this song be played at his funeral. So it was.
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That fuzzy guitar tone is absolutely EPIC. If an artist is only going to have one hit in their lifetime, this is the quintessential one.
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That was nice of him to say he saw your original show on this song and loved it. What a truly down to earth guy
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I'm 70 and every time I hear this song, I crank it up (if I can). I love this song.
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I was born in 1960 so my teenage years were the 70s. And I remember that we didn't realize that spirit in the sky and put your hand in the hand were religious songs. We just knew that we really loved them. So thank you Norman, for being part of my teenage years.
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"I'm mixing this for the car because that's where everyone's going to hear it." So, it's the summer of 1970 and my wife at the time and I are just miserable, driving from Boston to Guadalajara Mexico, packed into a 1966 VW bus with everything we own after my parents talked me into going to medical school down there, against my better judgement and wishes. We had the AM radio going pretty much all the time, channel surfing from station to station as we moved south searching for something other than country music and farm reports. The trip had many, many low points, but the highlight each and every day of the trip was the fact that multiple times during the day, we would find a station we could listen to and without fail "Spirit in the Sky" would come on. We would smile at each other, sing along, and for a few miles, forget all our cares. The coolest part was hearing the DJs on Mexican stations with their great radio voices announce our spirit-saving summer song was about to be played one more time.
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If there was ever a song that was in it's own genre, it's Spirit In The Sky. There was nothing like it before and hasn't been anything like it since.
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For you to be looking for Norman Greenbaum for 10 years and he finds you. That's the very definition of serendipity. When Spirit in the Sky comes on the radio (all too rarely these days) the volume will always go up. My family is well aware that this is the one song that must be played at my funeral.
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I wasn't raised in a religious family, didn't have a church background, but Spirit in The Sky spoke to me on a deep level. To this day, I count 3 songs as planting seeds of faith, or maybe making me aware anyway of Jesus. They're not religious songs, Per se, yet something about them sparked faith in me that later impacted me: Mrs Robinson (Jesus loves you more could know), Spirit in the Sky (Gotta have a friend in Jesus), and Jesus is just Alright (Jesus, he's my friend..took me by the hand...). Norman is right. He was chosen. Norman, thank you for the song, it's still one of my favorites. Great to see and hear you share your story.
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When I die And they lay me to rest I hope someone plays this song.
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Talking about hearing "Spirit in the Sky" at work... I'm a pastor and one day I was in a room in the nursing home keeping vigil with some of my members as their mother/MIL was dying. The hospice nurse came in and sat with us for a bit. Her phone rang, and her ringtone was "Spirit in the Sky"!
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It doesn't matter where you are, when this song comes on you can't listen to it at normal volume. It's gotta be loud enough they can hear it in heaven!!!❤️😘🇨🇦
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I had coffee with Norman about 20 years ago. What I noticed is he is very friendly and generous. Thanks for the great songs!
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30 years ago we had a 13 year old babysitter whose parents were extremely strict baptists and wouldn't let her listen to ANY rock music. They had never heard "Spirit in the Sky" and after I introduced them to it and the lyrics - they loosened their beliefs for her.
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I'm 74 and I want to thank you for reintroducing me to Norman Greenbaum. Memories are past and past is memories. Thanks.
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What a great and humble person! Wow, this guy is 82 now and vivid as a twen, just look at his face with barely no wrinkles and his hands without any age spots; he is a truely blessed person, may he live on healthy and long
